A Week in Black and White

A while back there was a fun "challenge" of sorts floating around on Facebook, where you were supposed to share 1 black and white photo a day for 7 days. It gave people a glimpse into your life, in a slightly different format/style than usual. 

It was fun and it got me thinking...

Why don't I do that here?

But sharing only 7 pictures probably wouldn't too interesting. So I decided to share a full week of black and white photos. A week in the life of yours truly...

I knew my week last week would NOT be a normal one anyway, due to it including a shorter week of school, some fun activities with my class, a fun event at school, Thanksgiving, a big meal with my fellow AG-ers, an escape from work/home, and a lot of down time too. 

Here's how my week went.

Monday was a fairly normal, run of the mill kind of day, I led our Staff devotions before school. Then the school day included your typical lessons and a couple fun Thanksgiving-themed activities. It also included a can of Dr. Pepper to give me that needed caffeine boost at lunch time. I made dinner for a couple of our AG MKs that evening. And then once they'd left, heading to their evening plans, I headed downstairs to my Bible Study where our hostess for the evening treated us to a delicious meal.

Tuesday was a good day. We had fun in class doing some typical and not as typical lessons/activities. I had to cover for our secretary at lunch time while she had a meeting. We made Thanksgiving Books in Friendship Club after school. I had to make a veggie run after school to the local fruit/veggie vendor. And then a bunch of our staff was invited to a fancy-schmancy event to celebrate a major holiday for the country of Oman. Perks of having a dignitary's child as a student... :) Anywho, Since it ended quite late, I crashed once I got home. It was definitely a long, full, and rewarding day.

 

On Wednesday, we got out of school early, but not before enjoying a bit of M&M math. Then we all "picnic'd" and watched our staff, students, and parents play some good ol' American football for our school's Turkey Bowl.  After a while, I worked in my room and then headed to friends' house for a couple nights. We had a tasty dinner and I made my dessert for the next day. And my friend shared her candy and Netflix for a bit of Brooklyn 99 (funny, funny show!). 

Thursday started with a cup of tea and breakfast with friends. Later in the morning, I made/prepped my contributions to the Thanksgiving meal and I helped my friends a bit with their dishes. And then it was time to head over to our AG Thanksgiving get-together. Lunch was delicious and even included turkey (a rare treat here in Dakar). And the fellowship together afterwards was nice too. After that, I headed back to my friends' house where we all kind of sat around and later played games and had a PB&J for supper.

On Friday, I had a bowl full of tasty, fresh fruit and a cup of peach tea for breakfast. Then I did a couple hours of work on the computer. Throughout the day, I prayed for our kids/staff on Outreach out in a nearby village, and loved getting reports of how God was moving out there. That evening, I went out for Korean deliciousness, followed by a tasty ice cream dessert on the way home.

On Saturday, I was as lazy as possible. Around lunch time, my neighbor and I pooled our resources to make a tasty lunch. And she let me be the taste tester for some cookies she'd just made. Then I went home and continued my goal of laziness and I read most of the afternoon/evening. By dinner time, I was starving. So I made dinner and ate it, while doing a bit of Christmas shopping for my family, while periodically checking the score of the Alabama/Auburn game, since my wifi was out and data was too expensive to stream the game. 

Then yesterday, I made some peanut butter cookies to have on hand for the week, put up a few Christmas decorations, and then spent the day reading. I took advantage of my last free day to do a whole lot of nothing. Then last night, I headed over to church to hear the testimonies of our Outreach team back from their weekend in the village.

And that was my week. How was your week last week?